Mutford is a village and

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in the East Suffolk District of the

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. The village is south-west of

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and south-east of

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in a rural area. The parish borders Barnby,

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, Rushmere, Henstead with Hulver Street, Ellough and North Cove. The village gave its name to the Half Hundred of Mutford which is named in the

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.Mutford
Healthy Suffolk. Retrieved 2021-02-12. The parish had a population of 471 at the

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. The A146 Beccles to Lowestoft road runs to north of the parish, cutting through the north-western corner. The Hundred River marks the southern boundary with Henstead with Hulver Street.

Culture and community

The majority of the parish is rural, with the main centre of population centred on an area in the centre of the parish. The post office closed in 2013, with few services remaining beyond a village hall and playing field. The medieval church of St Andrew is one of around 40 round-tower churches in Suffolk and is a

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.Church of St Andrew

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. Retrieved 2014-04-05.

Notable people

Sir

Stanley Rous Sir Stanley Ford Rous (25 April 1895 – 18 July 1986) was an English football referee and the List of Presidents of FIFA, 6th President of FIFA, serving from 1961 to 1974. He also served as secretary of the Football Association from 1934 to 196 ...

, former president of FIFA, was born in Mutford in 1895.Pawson A (2004) ‘Rous, Sir Stanley Ford (1895–1986)’, '' Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford:

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Available online
. Retrieved 2011-04-20.) Also born in the village was

Bill Crooks William Crooks (12 April 1908 – December 1986) was manager of Eastwoodhill Arboretum, Ngatapa, Gisborne, New Zealand from 1967 to 1974. For the previous forty years he was the assistant of William Douglas Cook, founder of the arboretum. Engl ...

, manager of

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, Ngatapa, Gisborne,

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from 1967 to 1974.

Notes

References

External links

Mutford Village website
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